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Heralded teacher accused of accommodation scam

Sacked for poor performance as gambling habit took hold, suspect preyed on other teachers and students

Pol Maj Gen Theeradet Thammasuthee, commander of the Metropolitan Police Bureau, questions Wiwat Wongsa, 36, who is accused of duping more than 100 teachers through a Facebook scam advertising booking accommodations. (Photo supplied/Wassayos Ngamkham)

A former award-winning teacher has been arrested on charges of duping more than 100 teachers through a Facebook scam advertising bookings for accommodations that he did not have.

A team of Metropolitan Police Bureau investigators and police Cyber Task Force Unit 5 arrested Wiwat Wongsa, 36, at a house in Bangkok on Thursday, said Pol Maj Gen Theeradet…

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